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Recent Examples of semirural
An evacuation order also was issued for residents of the Wilton area in semirural southeastern Sacramento County.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023
In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
Limón is committed to giving agency to her semirural home.
—Edna Bonhomme, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023
In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
Limón is committed to giving agency to her semirural home.
—Edna Bonhomme, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semirural
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Fitzgerald praised the company for adding inventory in high-demand markets, noting that as more companies delay plans for workers to return to offices, Airbnb should benefit from more people looking to book long-term stays, particularly in nonurban markets.—
Paul R. La Monica,
CNN,
13 Aug. 2021
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Fish caught near urban areas contained nearly three times more PFOS and overall PFAS than those caught in nonurban locations, the study found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Eiichi Sakauye, who passed away in 2005, became a prominent figure in the agricultural community.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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In 2024, the value of agricultural exports was at $191 billion and imports at a record $263 billion, revealing an all-time high import-export gap that continues to frustrate many.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Studio Collins Weir Studio Collins Weir designed this space to build on the warm materialism of the architecture and play to the agrarian vernacular of the Mill Valley, California, project.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2025
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The South, for its part, responded in kind: secession swiftly forged a fractured region into a reactive unity, bound by fear of emancipation and faith in a mythic agrarian freedom.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Semirural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semirural. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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